Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 194
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Taddeo) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (3) of
    6  section 944.801, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         944.801 Education for state prisoners.—
    8         (3) The responsibilities of the Correctional Education
    9  Program shall be to:
   10         (m) Develop and implement a plan, in coordination with the
   11  Department of Business and Professional Regulation or the
   12  applicable board, to ensure that inmates at an institution who
   13  take classes which meet the necessary curriculum requirements as
   14  determined by applicable law for a profession regulated by the
   15  Department of Business and Professional Regulation or the
   16  applicable board will receive credit towards licensure
   17  requirements for the successful completion of those classes.
   18         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
   19  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   20  And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   22  and insert:
   23                        A bill to be entitled                      
   24         An act relating to Correctional Education Program;
   25         amending 944.801, F.S.; requiring the Correctional
   26         Education Program under the Department of Corrections
   27         to develop and implement a plan, in coordination with
   28         the Department of Business and Professional Regulation
   29         or the applicable board, to ensure an inmate receives
   30         credit for towards licensure if certain criteria is
   31         met; providing an effective date.